IBooks isn't reading ANY cds

Able to open cd drive properly (for a change), however iBook isn't reading disks. Doesn't even make the spinning sound like it's trying to read. I just close the drive and nothing happens. Any suggestions??? Thank you.

when you open a Finder window does the CD show up there? If so, can you click on the cd and see a list of track names? Try right clicking on a track and scrolling down to "Open With" and choose "iTunes".
Another thing you might try.. open a finder window. click on View and scroll down to View Options. Make sure "Show Preview Column" is checked.
If the CD does show up in preview and you can see track names when you click on it, you should get a mini player in the preview column. try playing it there.
Try this too. In Finder, on the menu bar click on Finder. Scroll down to Preferences. Click on General. Where it says "Show These Items On Desktop", make sure CD's, etc. is checked. Does your cd show up on your desktop?
Then there's always the old standby.. create another user and then log in as that user. can you play the cd there?
You wrote that you were able to open the cd drive properly "for a change". I take it you've had problems with that. I'm not a mac guru but it sounds like you might be having cd drive problems. I'm not real sure how to fix that.
If none of these suggestions pan out then you might try posting this message in the Mac OSX 10.3 area. The ibook dual usb area doesn't seem to get as much traffic. Or, even though you don't have a Mini, you might try posting it there. Lots of basic OSX discussions there.

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